The Plays of William Shakespeare: In Twenty-one Volumes, with the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators, to which are Added Notes, Volume 10J. Nichols and Son, 1813 |
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... JOHNSON . In the concluding paragraph of Dr. Johnson's admirable in- troduction to this play , he seems apprehensive that the fame of Shakspeare's magic may be endangered by modern ridicule . I shall not hesitate , however , to predict ...
... JOHNSON . In the concluding paragraph of Dr. Johnson's admirable in- troduction to this play , he seems apprehensive that the fame of Shakspeare's magic may be endangered by modern ridicule . I shall not hesitate , however , to predict ...
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... JOHNSON . The word quarrel occurs in Holinshed's relation of this very fact , and may be regarded as a sufficient proof of its having been the term here employed by Shakspeare : " Out of the western isles there came to Macdowald a great ...
... JOHNSON . The word quarrel occurs in Holinshed's relation of this very fact , and may be regarded as a sufficient proof of its having been the term here employed by Shakspeare : " Out of the western isles there came to Macdowald a great ...
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... JOHNSON . Crack is used on a similar occasion by Barnaby Googe , in his Cupido Conquered , 1563 : " The canon's cracke begins to roore " And darts full thycke they flye , " And cover'd thycke the armyes both , " And framde a counter ...
... JOHNSON . Crack is used on a similar occasion by Barnaby Googe , in his Cupido Conquered , 1563 : " The canon's cracke begins to roore " And darts full thycke they flye , " And cover'd thycke the armyes both , " And framde a counter ...
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... JOHNSON . has a Dr. Johnson's memory , on the present occasion , appears to have deceived him in more than a single instance . The subject of the above - mentioned drawing is ascertained by a label affixed to it in Gothick letters ...
... JOHNSON . has a Dr. Johnson's memory , on the present occasion , appears to have deceived him in more than a single instance . The subject of the above - mentioned drawing is ascertained by a label affixed to it in Gothick letters ...
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... JOHNSON . The very ports are the exact ports . Very is used here ( as in a thousand instances which might be brought ) to express the declaration more emphatically . Instead of ports , however , I had formerly read points ; but ...
... JOHNSON . The very ports are the exact ports . Very is used here ( as in a thousand instances which might be brought ) to express the declaration more emphatically . Instead of ports , however , I had formerly read points ; but ...
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